Hood catch



"Patented Oct. 30, 1928.

UNITED STATES ROLAND P. PLACE, OFMIDLAND, MICHIGAN.

HOOD

Application led February The present invention relates to hood door latches particularly for securing the sides of the hood which covers the engine of an automobile and has among its objects an im-l ing, described in the'following specification,l

and particularly claimed in the concluding claims; and in such variations and modifications thereof, within the scopeof the claims, as will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates.

Reference should be made to the accompany drawing, in which:

Fig. l is an elevation, partly in section, of the latch and co-operating parts of an automobile hood;

\ Fig. 2 is an elevation from the right ofV Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the latch unfastened.

In the drawings, the free edge of the hood door which is to be held by the latch is indicated at 5 and the sill, against which the latch holds it, as 6, 7 beingthe frame member carrying the latch and sill, the hood, sill and frame being all'of conventional construction.

Secured to member 7 as by a threaded stud Y 9 and nut 10, is a fixed pivotal support 8 for the latch, which comprises a spring arm l1, preferably of flat stock, carrying at its free end a door engaging block or pad l2, referably of rubber, adapted to press the ood 5 against the sill 6 when in latched position and thereby secure it against lateral movement. f

i Spring arm 11 has at its other end lateral arms 15 bent downwardly to U-shape and embracing the su port 8 to which they are pivotally secured y a suitable rivet or bolt 1G.

The latch proper or hold-'down member consists of a tubular portion 2O flanged inwardly at its lower end as at 2l and .provlded at its upper end with a head 22 which latter is extended toward'the hood and formed with rPATENToFFlcE.

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ment or stirrup 24 carried by the hood 5.

Head 22 is also extended away from hood 5 to form a suitable handle 25 by which the latch may be operated.

Inside of tubular portion 2() is a compression spring BO seated against flange 21 and surrounding a bolt 3l whose head rests upon the upper end of the spring 30 and is adapted to slide in tube 20g. The lower end of bolt 3l passes out of the lower end of tube 20 and through spring member l1 and the whole is secured together by a nut 32 on the end thereof and also embraced by the U-shaped end of the member 11, the bolt 3l forming a stem upon which the hold-down member is movable longitudinally.

As indicated, when the latch is lifted and moved. toward the hood so as to drop hookV 2&3 over abutment 24, arm ll will be pressed `against the hood 5 and the latter thereby pressed tightly against sill 6,'while the hook 23 holds the hood down.

Having now described the invention an( the preferred form of embodiment thereof, it is to be understood that said invention is not to be limited to the specific details herein described and illustrated but only by the scope of the claims which follow.

I claim:-

l. A hood door latch of the class describedr comprising a spring arm having` a'door engaging block at its upper' end, and the lower end of which is pivotally connected with a fixed support; a stem fixedly secured to said arm adjacent the lower end thereof and extending upwardly from said lower end alongside said. arm; and a spring actuated holddown member carried by said stem and movwithin said spring and having a head rest- Y ing thereon, said stem extending from the lower end of said member, means for pivotally securing said latch to a fixed frame member, said stem extension being secured to pressible block or pad and formed at its other end to U-shnpe whereby to embrace a pivotql mounting' post, :il stein Sccgxied to said U-shapecl end, :1, tubular latch member mounted to slide longitudinally on Said siem7 and u spying po ljeesilet sgid, sliding.

RGLAND P. PLACE. 

